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'''Vriddhachalam-Cuddalore Railway'''
 
'''Vriddhachalam-Cuddalore Railway'''
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also recorded as the '''Cuddalore-Vriddhachalam Railway''', 35 miles(56km), opened 1928 by [[South Indian Railway]](SIR) from Cuddalore to Vriddhachalam
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<ref name=Hist196>[https://ia801605.us.archive.org/30/items/in.ernet.dli.2015.36650/2015.36650.India-Railway-Board-History-Of-Indian-Railways-Constructed-And-In-Progress.pdf US Archive .org pdf download of ‘History Of Indian Railways, constructed and in progress’, 31 March 1937 by ‘The Government of India - Railway Department’ pages  196-197,  pdf  239-240]; Retrieved  2 Oct 2020</ref>
  
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The ownership, date of opening and the details of operation of this railway have not been confirmed.
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The line  from Cuddalore  Old Town to Wharf, 1½ Miles(2.4km),  which had opened  1899, listed in the 1918 Report  was probably absorbed into this line <ref name=Hist192>[https://ia801605.us.archive.org/30/items/in.ernet.dli.2015.36650/2015.36650.India-Railway-Board-History-Of-Indian-Railways-Constructed-And-In-Progress.pdf US Archive .org pdf download of ‘History Of Indian Railways, constructed and in progress’, 31 March 1937 by ‘The Government of India - Railway Department’ pages  192-194,  pdf  233-237]; Retrieved  2 Oct 2020</ref>
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An article written in "The Hindu" in 2004
 
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<ref>[http://www.thehindu.com/mp/2004/12/18/stories/2004121800560100.htm The Hindu Newspaper "Chugging into the past" Saturday, Dec 18, 2004]  Retrieved on  Jan 2016</ref>
 
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states 'the railway line from Madras to Tuticorin, covering a distance of 444 miles, was laid way back in 1880 by the erstwhile South Indian Railway Company during the British Raj.'
 
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Both [[Vriddhachalam]] and [[Cuddalore]]  are on the main SIR line between [[Tuticorin]] ( today called Thoothukudi) and [[Madras]] (Chennai). So this would support the conclusion that the Vriddhachalam-Cuddalore Railway was constructed by SIR c.1880.
 
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The railway was worked by [[South Indian Railway]](SIR) in 1933<ref name=name/>  
 
  
 
==Records==
 
==Records==

Latest revision as of 07:17, 2 October 2020

Vriddhachalam-Cuddalore Railway also recorded as the Cuddalore-Vriddhachalam Railway, 35 miles(56km), opened 1928 by South Indian Railway(SIR) from Cuddalore to Vriddhachalam [1]

The line from Cuddalore Old Town to Wharf, 1½ Miles(2.4km), which had opened 1899, listed in the 1918 Report was probably absorbed into this line [2]

Records

Refer to FIBIS Fact File #4: “Research sources for Indian Railways, 1845-1947” - available from the Fibis shop. This Fact File contains invaluable advice on 'Researching ancestors in the UK records of Indian Railways' with particular reference to the India Office Records (IOR) held at the British Library

An on-line search of the IOR records relating to this railway [3] gives the following: -

  • L/L/F/7/2601 “Collection 400/8: South Indian Railway: Contract for working of Shoranur-Nilambur, Salem-Metur Dam and Vriddhachalam-Cuddalore Lines; 1931-33"
  • L/F/8/20/1774 “South Indian Railway Company Limited, Contract as to working of Shoranur-Nilambur Line, Salem-Metur-Dam Line and Vriddhachalam-Cuddalore Line; 1933"

Further Information

See South Indian Railway
and SIR Lines Owned and Worked

References

  1. ↑ US Archive .org pdf download of ‘History Of Indian Railways, constructed and in progress’, 31 March 1937 by ‘The Government of India - Railway Department’ pages 196-197, pdf 239-240; Retrieved 2 Oct 2020
  2. ↑ US Archive .org pdf download of ‘History Of Indian Railways, constructed and in progress’, 31 March 1937 by ‘The Government of India - Railway Department’ pages 192-194, pdf 233-237; Retrieved 2 Oct 2020
  3. ↑ “British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue” - Search; Retrieved 28 Jan 2016
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